Author: Nina Taurich

 

There was a ring at the doorbell. Ella unwillingly got up from eating her lunch to answer the door. It was just the postman dropping off a package. After signing for the package she returned to the table to find her lunch strewn all over the floor. Her glass had been knocked over and her plate was cracked on the floor. She remembered she had broken her rule, don’t leave your food unprotected. She noticed her dog Milo’s food was left untouched and there was a trail of footprints were leading to the kitchen. Milo was in big trouble.

 

For my self-portrait, I decided to highlight my love of travel. In the foreground, I included an image of myself and I overlayed an image of a map onto my face. In the background, I collaged together several images of places I have either been or would like to go. I wanted it to look like I was taking a selfie in these locations. I included the Hollywood sign because I live in Los Angeles, St. Pauls in London, The Eiffel Tower in Paris, and the Great Wall in China. There were lots of other images I wanted to include but I didn’t want the image to get too crowded.

Images:

• https://www.wur.nl/upload_mm/8/d/2/b223d9fb-1217-432f-8e52-7bb4908d4fba_wolken_lucht_shutterstock_193491221.jpg
• http://www.sassandbelle.co.uk/Images/Product/Alternative/xlarge/WRAP034_C.jpg
• https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hollywood_Sign_%28Zuschnitt%29.jpg/1200px-Hollywood_Sign_%28Zuschnitt%29.jpg
• http://img.jakpost.net/c/2017/02/10/2017_02_10_21340_1486708892._large.jpg

Panic:

Escape:

Compression:

I am really close with my family and my sister so I chose an image of my sister and I on a Skype call. I am not really sure why, but it has become a tradition to make a heart with our hands before we hang up. I found it difficult to create the eyes because there wasn’t much contrast and I decided to depict the hands by creating lines instead of shadows.